Jean-François de Bourgoing

Jean -François de Bourgoing ( born November 20, 1748 in Nevers, † July 20, 1811 in Karlsbad) was a French diplomat and writer.

De Bourgoing initially graduated from the Military Academy ( École militaire de Paris) and entered 1768 as an officer in the Régiment d' infantry d ' Auvergne one. Without ever having fought, he moved from there into the diplomatic service.

Works

• Tableau de l' Espagne modernity. Paris: Chez Levrault frères, Libraires, quai Malaquais, et à Strasbourg, chez les mêmes, 1796-1797
• Voyage du ci -devant duc du Chatelet, en Portugal, ou se trouvent the details interessans sur ses colonies, sur le tremblement de terre de Lisbonne, sur M. de Pombal et la Cour. Paris: Buisson, 1797-1798

Awards

• Commander of the Legion of Honour,
• Academy of Sciences, corresponding member
• Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, Member
• Academy of Sciences in Erfurt -profit, foreign member in 1808
• Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, a foreign member from 1810
• Knight of the Swedish Order of the North Star.